The rain has stopped and the sun is out. Time for a few jobs round the garden. I sawed up the remaining branches from the trees we felled a few weeks ago. I just have to make a tidy log house into which to put them in the hope they will dry out.
I took my life in my hands and ventured into the greenhouse. It all a bit neglected in there. I took the mouldy onions off the shelves and dispatched them to the compost bin. I had H pick up some Garlic bulbs recently. I broke them up and planted the cloves in the bins I usually grow tomatoes. The bins are still in place from last year. I planted the cloves, threw some compost over them and gave them a watering. I guess I just step back and wait for them to grow. I will probably plant them out in late spring or early summer. The greenhouse in going to need a comprehensive clean and sort out quite soon.
The Rhubarb I took from the lottie has started to sprout even though it just in a bucket. I must get it planted in the soil but I have to get a load of manure to give a good start. I have taken a leaf for a friend composting regime. He puts a compost bin by the beds he works. His idea is that the bins will encourage worms, OK so far, and that in making the compost the nutrients will will fall through the compost bin and into the soil thereby feeding whatever is nearby. I wanted the compost bin in the garden but since it is a small garden the positioning of it was going to need careful consideration. I decided that the bin should go by the greenhouse, next to the path and in the odd shape bed that is going to house the Rhubarb. If my buddies idea works the Rhubarb should benefit from the compost bins drainage. I have been feed the compost bin and it is getting going. There is some warmth in the bin but the key indicator is that the level of the compost is getting lower despite the waste that is going into it....so that is all good!
I had a look at the jungle the is up against garden fence again. It needs a serious pruning but I am a bit worried there might be Hedgehogs over wintering under it. The weather is warming up a little and the days are starting the get a bit longer. If it does not rain too much during February I shall make a start at the beginning of March. The Hedgehogs should up and about by then.
